The Dangers of Whitewashing the News and Political Coverage

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News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Throughout the presidency of Donald Trump, many media outlets across the United States were reluctant to label him a liar or a racist, even when his actions merited those terms, or to cover White supremacy as more than a fringe movement. Now, in the wake of the deadly pro-Trump insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, news organizations are grappling with the consequences of their whitewashed political coverage and failure to call out the president’s lies more aggressively. We’ll talk about how journalists are reckoning with how they shape and deliver the news, and what should change moving forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.2	Coming up on forum, throughout Donald Trump's presidency, media outlets across the nation were reluctant to label him a liar or a racist when his actions merited those terms
1:10.2	or to cover white supremacy
1:11.9	is more than a fringe movement.
1:14.2	Now in the wake of the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, some news organizations
1:18.5	are grappling with the consequences of whitewashed political coverage or failure to call
1:23.5	out the president's lives more aggressively.
1:26.3	In this hour, a media reckoning and what must
1:29.1	change moving forward.
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